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Jason is an expert in science, technology, history, music, and basically everything else...Matt is an expert is disagreeing with Jason. Come along as we argue over topics from Star Wars to the Electoral College, and determine once and for all if they are stupid or not stupid!

Stupid/Not Stupid


    • Oct 31, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 53 EPISODES


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    Halloween - The National Holiday we Deserve

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 48:05


    In our annual Halloween episode we finally put Halloween itself under the microscope, putting an end to the ongoing constitutional crisis...should Halloween be a national holiday? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stupid-notstupid/support

    The Lost Frog Boys of South Korea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 110:40


    On the day of South Korea's first ever state elections--March. 26 1991--5 boys go missing, leading to perhaps the strangest (stupidest) series of events in the history of missing persons cases. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stupid-notstupid/support

    Life on Europa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 64:41


    2001: A Space Odyssey warned us not to, but in October 2024 we are going there anyway. Is there life on Jupiter's moon Europa, and how stupid an idea is it to go looking for it? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stupid-notstupid/support

    Intelligent Design...or Intelligent decline?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 79:04


    Is our entire reality just the sandbox of a flying spaghetti monster? Where did it all come from? And if it came from there, where did that come from? A lot of stupid questions that need answering. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stupid-notstupid/support

    Luke Turned to the Dark Side

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 44:26


    Did Luke follow in his father's prosthetic foot steps and give in to the temptations of the dark side? I guess sometimes there's just no coming back from kissing your sister... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stupid-notstupid/support

    Announcing Season 2?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2024 1:14


    I guess it sounds like we're back? What a stupid idea. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stupid-notstupid/support

    The Scranton Strangler Worked in the Office

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 63:07


    Is the greatest comedy of our generation also the greatest "who done it" of our generation? When the Court of Public Opinion wont do, all you can do is ask: Stupid/Not Stupid? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Do we Need a Wealth Cap? - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 89:17


    Dr. Tyler, the shows wealthiest fan, returns to the podcast to debate the need to finally cap his outrageous earnings for the good of all humankind. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    The Least Stupid Ways to Hide a Body - Halloween Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 65:23


    Never murder if you can help it, but if you must murder, then don't get caught. Happy Halloween! --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    The Golden Record - A Lasting Testament...or Last Testament?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 55:41


    In 1977 NASA sent a time capsule out into the cosmos that has since left our solar system and is traveling at 61,500 km/h through the vastness of space. That record contains a summary of our entire species...and a map to Earth. One of the coolest things ever done? Sure. Perhaps also one of the stupidest... --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Altruism, Who is it Good For? - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 62:15


    World famous philosophical thought leader Dr. Dandashi joins the show to make the point that there is no point, and everything we do is in furtherance of our own self interest. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Journey to the Center of the Earth - Could we get there?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 60:23


    Let's dig a hole! With some earth shattering insights, the guys answer the question, are we too stupid to dig to the center of the Earth? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    The Empire were the Good Guys - Star Wars Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 71:49


    Having wiffed on the entire point of the podcast by not putting an episode out on May 4th, we reconvene to determine once and for all...we're the Empire the Good Guys? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Pirates, an Asset to Humanity? - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 84:27


    From Vikings to Napster, have pirates made the world a better place? Also, just to prove a point, we turn Dr. Tyler's mic down to pirated level quality for the last 10 minutes. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Yuba County 5 - All the Stupid Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 75:24


    Yuba County, 1978...5 "boys" head out to watch a college basketball game and are never seen alive again. Are the stupidest theories surrounding their fate actually the most plausible? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    World War 3 - How Possible is it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 75:19


    There are lots of ways that WW3 could kick off, some less stupid than others... --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    The Titanic Never Sank...and Jack is a Time Traveler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 65:17


    Is the most titanic thing about the Titanic disaster the lies that we've been told? And just how contiguous is the James Cameron multi-verse? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Sports! - Stupid Rule Changes that could Make them Better

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 42:48


    With the Superbowl now behind us, its not time to reevaluate what we've learned over the past season of various sports, and consider some stupid rule changes that will both improve the game, and drastically up the entertainment value. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Are We Living in a Simulation? - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 72:51


    This week we open up with some bonus content, a review of Matrix Resurrections, before determining if our entire stupid reality is in-fact a simulation. Oh, and Dr. TJ is back. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Could we Stop a Stupid Asteroid from Destroying the Earth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 50:34


    1km sized objects strike the Earth on average every 500,000 years, and we are WAY overdue. If we detected one headed for Earth today could we do anything about it, or would we just refuse to look up? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Pre-Human Civilization - The Silurian Hypothesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 65:21


    The Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years, but humans have only called it home for 300,000 years, a period of time so brief that if we disappeared today it's unlikely that future species would ever know that we were here. So is it stupid to assume that there were civilizations that came before us? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Mattress Firm - Money Laundering Front or Terrible Business?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 47:55


    Stores across the street from each other, no foot traffic, low demand...how is Mattress Firm a viable business? And are the most insane explanations the least stupid? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Let's Redraw the States!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 61:35


    Forget gerrymandering, let's reset the entire map! Could many of the United States' most stupid problems be solved by simply resetting the map? And what are the least stupid ways that we could do it? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    The Case for Cannibalism - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 64:53


    In 1884 the case of "The Crown v. Dudley and Stephens," set the modern standard for how we view cannibalism as a society. As an expert on English caselaw, the infamous Rag Reynolds returns to the show to debate the finer points of the crossover between morality and necessity, and help us decide if there are any less stupid ways that we could utilize one of our most renewable resources...the dead. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Ants Rule the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 61:36


    There has been a lot of talk on the show about the various types of future overloads that are likely to enslave humanity in the future, but what about the overlords that are already here? The guys pull out a magnifying glass to superheat the argument--Stupid/Not Stupid, Ants rule the world? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Get your Ass to Mars...in our Lifetimes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 65:35


    On a topic that Jason clearly knows nothing about, the team breaks down what it would take to land humans on Mars in our lifetimes, and if all the hype is stupid, or not stupid? --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    The Science of Ghosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 47:12


    Somehow we made it to a second Halloween. This year we decide if ghosts are stupid or not, and what science has to say about it. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    Dyatlov Pass Mystery (Murders?) - All the Stupid Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 79:46


    9 went in, none came out...alive. Matt and Jason journey into the snowy crags of Dyatlov Pass to search for clues as to the fate of the ill-fated expedition. Especially stupid clues. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stupid-notstupid/support

    FLY YOU FOOLS! - Frodo should have Flown to Mordor - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 60:57


    World renowned Tolkienoligest Dr. Aaron joins the crew to debate the finer points of one of literature's most contested plot holes...why didn't the hobbits just hop an eagle to Mordor and eliminate approximately 9,576 pages of walking?

    Lost Cosmonauts - Stupid Conspiracy or Human Space Junk?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 74:32


    When Yuri Gagarin first went to space, was he boldly going where others had gone before? When Valentina Tereshkova broke the glass celestial ceiling had it already been cracked by a tragic earlier flight? The evidence might not be as stupid as you think.

    The Illuminati - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 61:45


    The guys interview dark web personality "Dr. Tater Tots," who under the influence of the contents of his fabled Tiki Chalice divulges the secrets of the Illuminati.

    Immortality - Possible? Stupid? Both?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 51:38


    Is it possible to live forever? No as stupid a question as you might think. Living forever? Way more stupid than you might realize.

    Invasion of the United States

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2021 65:34


    Recorded on the 4th of July, are those fireworks in the background? Or the opening salvos in the amphibious assault that we never saw coming?

    Jar-Jar Binks - Bumbling idiot or Sith Lord?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 54:22


    Special May the 4th be with you edition! On the one year anniversary of podcast the guys show down over whether or not the infamous Jar-Jar Binks was the worst plot device of all time....or the Keyser Soze of the Star Wars Universe?

    Batman - Stupid Hero or Evil Genius? - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 53:07


    Fan favorite "Dr. Andrew" returns to the show to take a break from bigfoot and mermaid hunting and explain to us all why Batman is actually the bad guy.

    Artificial Intelligence - How Stupid is It? - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 65:22


    Rarely does "intelligence" make an appearance on the show, but this week the guys enlist an alleged PhD. expert to figure out when and how the robots are going to kill us all.

    Extinctions - "Nothing Left to Burn"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 52:51


    We're back, crashing into 2021 like a Cretaceous meteor. Sure, this podcast might wipe out a few species here and there, but is caring about those losers stupid...or not stupid?

    Time Travel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 43:11


    Fire up your flux capacitor and speed up to the requisite speed to determine if time travel is stupid -- or not stupid. This episode is so good that future self-aware podcasts will have to travel back in time to destroy it.

    Amelia Earhart's Stupid Disappearance - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 49:16


    Through speculation, counterfactuals, and the dedicated support of a real-life not at all pretend historian the team solves once and for all the case of the missing Earhart (and whoever that other guy with her was).

    Mail in Voting - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 47:13


    Much like the recent election, this episode in plagued with technical difficulties. If you can actually listen to the whole thing then you are a lot less stupid than we thought.

    Halloween Edition - The Stupidest and Not Stupidest Movie Monsters

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 49:48


    Like true renaissance men, Jason and Matt review the classics...or rather, movie monsters that were ripped off from actual good ideas in classic novels. Obviously this episode is scary good.

    Life in our Solar System

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 89:10


    In Matt and Jason's lifelong pursuit of verifying every Jeff Goldblum quote of all time, we trek through the Solar System to see if "life finds a way," and how stupid it might be.

    All the Stupid Ways the World could End

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2020 52:41


    The last think you'll want to deal with mid-apocalypse is not having a working scientific understanding of how screwed you are at that exact moment. Those that listen to this weeks episode still need to fear the end of the world, but will no longer have to fear feeling stupid in the middle of it.

    Octopus...Alien invader or Evolutionary Anomaly?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 30:12


    Jason and Matt both agree that Octopuses are not to be trusted, but could they actually be the vanguard of an alien invasion? The guys dig into peer-reviewed research that makes the case that our cephlopods are of extraterrestrial origin.

    Free Will - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020 35:12


    Should you listen to this episode? Is it up to you? Is there any other possible outcome beyond your decision to click the play button? Stupid/Not Stupid Super Fan "TJ" joins Matt and Jason to explain why our existence is totally futile.

    Congressional Advocacy - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 54:57


    In the latest "They're Stupid Edition" Jason and Matt welcome a former Capitol Hill staffer and professional Congressional schmozzer to tell us if all the Change.org petitions that Jason has been working on for most of his adult life are stupid...or not stupid.

    Micronations - Small Places, Big Ideas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 35:27


    Feeling disenchanted with your current nation of residence? Been exiled from or denied entry to your nation of choice? Micronations might be the answer that you're looking for.

    The Zombie Apocalypse...How to Survive and not be Stupid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 34:04


    Like a zombie, Jason's arguments won't seem to die, and they all stink. This episode is required listening for anyone wishing to join our squad once the dead rise.

    Australia...Fact or Fiction? - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 32:07


    Matt and Jason are joined by the (in?)famous Rag Reynolds to explore the stupidity, or lack thereof, of one of the biggest hoaxes in history...the continent of Australia.

    The Electoral College

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 27:29


    Is this episode stupid or not stupid? Listen, then vote and let us know...just keep in mind, some votes are more equal than others.

    Bigfoot...and Mermaids - They're Stupid Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 25:34


    In their first ever "They're Stupid Edition," Jason and Matt welcome "Stupid Fan" Andrew to explain why Bigfoot is definitely not stupid...and Jason responds as reasonably as you might expect. Also, mermaids.

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